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by John Steinbeck (Author) "The high grey-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world ..." (more)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The heart and soul of California, Mar 7 2004
By kkrome25 "kkrome25" (California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 20th Century Long Valley (Paperback)
All of the short stories are unforgettable. My favorite is Johnny Bear, which is almost Hitchcock in its eerieness and structure. Get this in hardback. Definitely a keeper for one's library.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a stand-alone, Sep 20 2003
By Jack Purcell (Placitas, NM USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 20th Century Long Valley (Paperback)
I'd have to give this one a slightly lower cheer than the other of the pair if I was forced to see the two as separate works. Pastures of Heaven and The Long Valley are a matched set in the Steinbeck library. The two should probably be included together as a single work. It's difficult to separate the two books because they overlap so. With a writer of the Steinbeck sort a reader might experience difficulty declaring, "This is my favorite." I agree completely. However, if John Steinbeck had never written Of Mice and Men, Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday, and Travels with Charlie, I'd probably have to say Pastures of Heaven and The Long Valley are my favorites.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Short Stories -- And At Least One Is True, Jul 17 2003
By J. Reynolds (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 20th Century Long Valley (Paperback)
Of the story The Snake, another reviewer wrote that it was "a revelation..sure the symolism is almost Victorian, but the eerie combination of perfectly observed rituals of nature and the almost primeval sexual hunger of the woman to see the mice being eaten was incredibly subversive and unexpected in a setting of such clinical austerity..it was almost Hitchcockian in its perversity."

Fact is, according to Steinbeck in "About Ed Ricketts," that incident occurred almost exactly as described -- and all the author had to do was write it down.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best short stories I've ever read
I was blown away by the power of these stories, amazed at the Steinbeck's craft and attention to detail. Read more
Published on Jul 17 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars A Steinbeck I never knew
Its interesting how Steinbeck's star has risen since I was in grad school in the 70s. A few weeks ago I watched the Cspan episode about Steinbeck and became interested in reading... Read more
Published on Jun 2 2002 by Mark Schaffer

4.0 out of 5 stars California Tales
My first Steinbeck book! O.K., I should have read "Mice and Men" when it was assigned in the 9th grade, but you know how that goes. Read more
Published on May 29 2002 by Jeffrey Leach

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Written
I particularly liked the details. Steinbeck just so well paints his stories- you can see what's happening, even though I have never seen the details myself in real life. Read more
Published on May 16 2002 by Jedidiah Palosaari

4.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag, but mostly memorable gems
This collection of stories, all of them written in the early 1930s, includes several classic Steinbeck tales. Read more
Published on Mar 9 2002 by D. Cloyce Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect collection of short stories
Recently, I have been on a John Steinbeck binge. I am not a lover of short stories, I find them too brief, like a wonderful treat taken away too soon. Read more
Published on April 19 2001 by Janice M. Hansen

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Introduction To A Great Writer
'The Long Valley' is a wonderful collection of Steinbeck's short stories. I especially recommend 'The White Quail', 'The Harness' and 'Johnny Bear'
Published on May 5 1998 by james-seger@juno.com

4.0 out of 5 stars Brief review

The Long Valley by John Steinbeck is a compilation of short stories; a collection of biographies of Californians living in the Central Valley. Read more

Published on Oct 20 1997

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